Former Union Minister and Congress sitting lawmaker Shashi Tharoor won the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, which witnessed a tight contest between the ruling LDF, Opposition UDF and the BJP. With this, Mr Tharoor scored a hat-trick victory from the prestigious constituency. In a tight rope race, Mr Tharoor managed to defeat his main rival and BJP NDA candidate Kummanam Rajashekharan.